This is an analysis of the poem The Mountain-Still that begins with:

The Moonshiner
He leans far out and watches: Down below... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabbacaacdd X d beebbeebfgbfgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100 1111110101 0111010101 0101110111 1111110111 01001011101 0101010101 0101111101 0001011101 0101010100 1111010101 01010111101 0111010111 11011010001 1111111101 1 010 1101010111 1101111111 0111010101 1111000101 1111011101 1101010111 0101111101 0111110111 0101011001 1111011111 01001111101 0111100111 1111011101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Mountain-Still;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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